Gifts in Action
Justin Rose Benefits from the UIS Fund
The UIS Fund provides unrestricted support to UIS, helping many programs and the students in those programs. One of those programs is the Black Male Collegiate Society, which seeks to empower black men to succeed in the collegiate environment. Justin Rose is a founding member of the BMCS.
Read more about Justin--and if you are a donor to the UIS Fund, thank you! Read articles and view video here.
Wayne and Margie Fox AST Award
Wayne and Margie Fox have generously funded an award for business students who demonstrate excellence in an unpaid internship. Many UIS students invest significant time in these internships, called Applied Study Terms. The Fox Award acknowledges the excellent work of selected business students.
Read about the two students, Sinem Aydin and Jill Harbison, who this year received the Fox Award.
PNC's $90,000 Gift Yields Impressive Results
A year ago, in May, 2011, the PNC Foundation awarded its first Grow Up Great grant in the Springfield area to Sangamon Auditorium. The three-year $90,000 grant provided funding to enhance the performing arts experiences of 600 Springfield Urban League Head Start students.
Today, a year into the three-year grant, we have excellent results to report from the grant.
The Polly Roesch Music Room
Music at UIS is growing each year, thanks in large part to Polly Roesch and her support through scholarships and gifts. Believing in the promise of a music program that brings together students, faculty, staff, and community members to make and share music, Polly gave music scholarships, and today because of her gift musicians on campus have a beautifully renovated music room.
Chris Young Presents Research on Ground Squirrels
This past year your gifts to the UIS Fund provided support to the College of Public Affairs and Administration, which used part of your gifts to help Environmental Science student Chris Young present research on Franklin's ground squirrels.
Gifts in Action
